Faculty & Staffs by Occupation at OSU

Faculty and Staffs by Occupation at Ohio State University-Main Campus

A total of 37,177 employees, including instructional and non-instructional, both full-time and part-time status work at Ohio State University-Main Campus. By employment type, there are 33,271 full-time and 3,906 part-time faculty and staffs. By gender, 23,564 female and 13,613 male employees are working at OSU.

The number of instructional staffs (i.e. teaching faculty) is 7,731, which is 20.80% of total employees. On average, 16 students are in a class or assigned per a faculty. By occupation, there are 609 Librarians, 3,227 management occupation, 4,175 computer/engineering, and 3,619 service occupations.

By race/ethnicity, there are 26,128 white (70.28%), 4,108 black (11.05%), and 2,662 asian (7.16%) employees working at OSU. A total of 1,040 non-resident alien employees work at OSU.

Next tables summarize the number of staffs by gender, race/ethnicity, occupation, and faculty status.

Occupation Gender Race/Ethnicity Non-resident Alien

Faculty & Staffs by Occupation and Working Status at Ohio State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Full-time	Part-time
All Staffs	37,177	33,271	3,906
Postsecondary Teachers	7,881	5,153	2,728
Instructional staff	7,731	5,014	2,717
Research	110	109	1
Public service	40	30	10
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	609	587	22
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	99	97	2
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	49	47	2
Librarians	33	33	-
Library Technicians	17	17	-
Other teaching and Instructional Support	510	490	20
Management	3,227	3,216	11
Business and Financial Operations	2,799	2,763	36
Computer, Engineering, and Science	4,175	4,024	151
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,858	1,790	68
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	9,220	8,692	528
Service Occupations	3,619	3,340	279
Sales and Related Occupations	92	88	4
Office and Administrative Support	2,810	2,736	74
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	591	588	3
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	296	294	2

Faculty & Staffs by Gender at Ohio State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	37,177	23,564	13,613
Postsecondary Teachers	7,881	3,913	3,968
Instructional staff	7,731	3,834	3,897
Research	110	47	63
Public service	40	32	8
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	609	500	109
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	99	60	39
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	49	29	20
Librarians	33	20	13
Library Technicians	17	11	6
Other teaching and Instructional Support	510	440	70
Management	3,227	1,913	1,314
Business and Financial Operations	2,799	1,991	808
Computer, Engineering, and Science	4,175	1,893	2,282
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,858	1,284	574
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	9,220	7,427	1,793
Service Occupations	3,619	2,200	1,419
Sales and Related Occupations	92	68	24
Office and Administrative Support	2,810	2,228	582
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	591	73	518
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	296	74	222

Faculty & Staffs by Race/Ethnicity at Ohio State University-Main Campus
Occupation	Total	American Indian / Alaska Native	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Nativie Hawaiian	White	Two or More Races	Race Unknown
All Staffs	37,177	47	2,662	4,108	1,228	19	26,128	761	1,184
Postsecondary Teachers	7,881	10	1,191	404	353	4	5,173	115	345
Instructional staff	7,731	10	1,159	403	347	4	5,079	112	339
Research	110	0	31	0	2	0	64	0	5
Public service	40	0	1	1	4	0	30	3	1
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	609	1	5	32	20	0	507	7	34
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	99	0	1	4	4	0	86	0	3
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	49	0	1	1	4	0	40	0	2
Librarians	33	0	0	1	0	0	32	0	0
Library Technicians	17	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	1
Other teaching and Instructional Support	510	1	4	28	16	0	421	7	31
Management	3,227	5	117	262	97	2	2,633	35	64
Business and Financial Operations	2,799	3	94	234	66	1	2,267	54	64
Computer, Engineering, and Science	4,175	4	458	189	148	3	2,577	78	117
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	1,858	3	36	213	61	2	1,433	56	39
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	9,220	9	432	779	235	4	7,254	220	233
Service Occupations	3,619	6	226	1,343	132	1	1,600	102	171
Sales and Related Occupations	92	0	5	17	4	1	57	2	3
Office and Administrative Support	2,810	5	85	482	88	0	1,995	70	78
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	591	1	5	67	15	0	462	10	27
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	296	0	8	86	9	1	170	12	9

Non-resident Alien Faculty & Staffs at Ohio State University-Main Campus
Staff Category	Total	Female	Male
All Staffs	1,040	492	548
Postsecondary Teachers	286	116	170
Instructional staff	278	114	164
Research	8	2	6
Public service	0	0	0
Librarians, Curators, Archivists and other teaching Instructional support	3	2	1
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists	1	0	1
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians	1	0	1
Librarians	0	0	0
Library Technicians	0	0	0
Other teaching and Instructional Support	2	2	0
Management	12	10	2
Business and Financial Operations	16	13	3
Computer, Engineering, and Science	601	257	344
Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media	15	12	3
Healthcare Practioners and Technical	54	44	10
Service Occupations	38	28	10
Sales and Related Occupations	3	2	1
Office and Administrative Support	7	5	2
Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance	4	3	1
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving	1	0	1

Employment Status

According to the IPEDS, Full-time staff and Part-time staff is determined by the institution. The type of appointment at the snapshot date determines whether an employee is full time or part time. The employee\s term of contract is not considered in making the determination of full or part time. Casual employees (hired on an ad-hoc basis or occasional basis to meet short-term needs) and students in the College Work-Study Program (CWS) are not considered part-time staff.